The Drum Tower Nanjing

Nanjing , Jiangsu, China
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    Historic site

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  • 1

    A Day in Nanjing

    73 photos

    ... McDonalds. It seemed to be under renovation as the gate was locked and it seemed rather deserted. Disappointed, I walked over to the drum tower. The drum tower was built about 600 years ago as a lookout tower for the Ming Dynasty. Now, it is kind of ...

  • 2

    Day 2

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    ... the middle was nice but I didn't particually like the pastry around it. Once we finished our dumplings we travelled by metro to the Drum Tower (Guluo) of the Chinese Tea House. We sampled some green tea while we were there which I thought tasted ...

  • 3

    Random Ramblings

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    ... - but no epic journeys way out to distant suburbs!! Seeing more of the city with visits to the Jiangsu Cultural Centre and the Drum Tower which is considered to be the symbolic center of a city. There is a beautiful park and garden surrounding the tower. ...

  • 4

    Cheats

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    Kit: In the morning we went to see the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower. They were very boring except one had a ferocious turtle with big teeth. Dylan: We left for Beijing (Peking) by train. The weather is starting to get very cold. Kit: On the ...

  • 5

    Off the radar: Qingdao & Nanjing

    ... /more charming than the main commercial streets of Beijing) by getting us a tuk-t-k to drive us around. We also went to the Drum Tower, where we had a view of the whole city from the top of the tower. Other Beijing highlights included dinner w/ Hong, ...

  • 6

    Yeah!

    ... office which is supposed to be in the building with the main post office, but it was closed. Maybe because it was National Day. The Drum Tower was close so I went for a look. The little tower and the park are in the middle of a roundabout so it's not so ...

  • 7

    Nanjing it up

    44 photos

    ... then wondered down towards the Bell Tower which was housed inside a nice small park. We then crossed the main road over to the Drum Tower, which had some cool paintings inside. On the 20th, we headed over to the Purple Mountain. The Mt was alot smaller ...

  • 8

    Shanghai Lu

    11 photos

    ... a very tall ladder strapped to a Electricity Post. it was made of bamboo. Anyone could easily just climb it. Not very safe really. Then we stumbled across the "Drum Tower" It's amazing how you can find so much beauty on the streets. ...

  • 9

    Day 12 - 25th Nov (Thursday) #1

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    ... half way through the day, and nothing really exciting has happened yet. This morning we once again headed back to the Drum Tower Hospital. We went and visited the surgical department ward, which like all hospital wards was extremely busy with patients ...